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Alls I know is football field distance, and I can't get 360' every time, but my rollers will go, go, go if I get it just right. I have no idea how far, but I would hazard a guess at 450' max. As Scott says though, once you start guessing it loses all credibility.

Applying the Schneider Formula, my rollers go 378'. Adjusted for post count, I can barely reach the bucket from 59'. I need some more field practice.

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My pace, when I'm pacing something off, is just about right-on 36 inches. Too bad it's wasted on a noodle arm like me. Anyway, let me say I could go even money on being inside a one percent error. So what? The Mine's Bigger thread is for the big ones. I'm pretty sure I'd talk about mine if it was worth talking about.

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I throw between 225' and 250' i know this becaue my discs land between the 70 and 85yd lines on a football feild from the endzone line. And why shouldn't you count the roll it's not like were throwinig the discus. isant the goal to get you discs a close to the pin (or in) on your drive?

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while I agree that roll tends not to be consistent I think we should measue distance fom where the disc comes to rest because IMHO that is where you would play the disc from; or am I playing a diffrent game?

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I agree that, because rolls and skips are inconsistant, distance should be measure from the first point of contact with the ground. There is a whole seperate world record for rollers anyway (1156.00 m, yes meters) Here's the link

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while I agree that roll tends not to be consistent I think we should measue distance fom where the disc comes to rest because IMHO that is where you would play the disc from; or am I playing a diffrent game?

Actually, if you want to be technical about it, you are playing a different game, as distance competitions are simply about how far you can throw, not how accurate.

That just made me think of something...obviously in distance competitions, everyone uses golf discs because they fly the farthest. But, distance comps aren't technically part of disc golf, so could that open up the possibility of competitors using non-PDGA approved discs--some sort of PDGA-be-damned-we'll-make-the-wing-as-wide-as-we-want uberdisc?

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Actually, if you want to be technical about it, you are playing a different game, as distance competitions are simply about how far you can throw, not how accurate.

That just made me think of something...obviously in distance competitions, everyone uses golf discs because they fly the farthest. But, distance comps aren't technically part of disc golf, so could that open up the possibility of competitors using non-PDGA approved discs--some sort of PDGA-be-damned-we'll-make-the-wing-as-wide-as-we-want uberdisc?

With Big-D in the Desert competition, competitors must use a PDGA approved disc.